On Sat. March 27, 2010 President Obama announced his intent to make recess appointments
for 15 individuals, including Craig Becker and Mark Pearce to the
National Labor Relations Board. The White House announcement is here. The Press Release Provides:

After facing months of Republican obstruction to
administration nominees, President Obama announced his intent to recess
appoint fifteen nominees to fill critical administration posts that have
been left vacant, including key positions on the economic team and on
boards that have been left with vacancies for months.

“The United States Senate has the responsibility to
approve or disapprove of my nominees. But if, in the interest of
scoring political points, Republicans in the Senate refuse to exercise
that responsibility, I must act in the interest of the American people
and exercise my authority to fill these positions on an interim basis,”
said President Barack Obama. “Most of the men and
women whose appointments I am announcing today were approved by Senate
committees months ago, yet still await a vote of the Senate. At a time
of economic emergency, two top appointees to the Department of Treasury
have been held up for nearly six months. I simply cannot allow partisan
politics to stand in the way of the basic functioning of government.”

Following their appointment, these nominees will
remain in the Senate for confirmation.